Unit 14 Listening Skills Task 1
In this assignment I will be discussing the musical faults in the live performance of ‘Barking’ by a UK artist called Ramz at the Capital Summertime Ball. Rhythm – this is a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound During the performance Ramz had his track being played in the background throughout the entire song. The backing track has simple time (4/4). The main notes being played are crochets and quavers. This is a convention of hip-hop music. The rhythm is a regular pattern as it’s the same throughout the entire song. However, Ramz comes in after the first beat making the performance sounding delayed. This could have been fixed by the technicians increasing the volume of the fold-back speakers to allow the singer to hear the backing track while performing as he had his earpiece out. Melody and Harmony- this is a structure of notes being played together in order to...